Maitansine (INN), or maytansine (USAN), is a cytotoxic agent. It inhibits the assembly of microtubules by binding to tubulin at the rhizoxin binding site.[1] The maytansine binding site and binding mode has been characterized.[2]
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Maytansin
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ECHA InfoCard | 100.047.944 |
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C34H46ClN3O10 | |
Molar mass | 692.20 g/mol |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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It is a macrolide of the ansamycin type and can be isolated from plants of the genus Maytenus.[1]
Maytansinoids
editDerivatives of maitansine are known as maytansinoids.[3][4] Some are being investigated as the cytotoxic component of antibody-drug conjugates for cancer treatment,[5] and the antibody-drug conjugate trastuzumab emtansine is an approved drug for the treatment of certain kinds of breast cancer in the EU and in the US.[6][7]
Examples of maytansinoids are:
- Ansamitocin[3]
- Mertansine / emtansine (DM1)
- Ravtansine / soravtansine (DM4)
See also
edit- ImmunoGen, developer of maytansinoid based drugs
References
edit- ^ a b National Cancer Institute: Definition of Maytansine
- ^ Menchon, Grégory; Prota, Andrea E.; Lucena-Agell, Daniel; Bucher, Pascal; Jansen, Rolf; Irschik, Herbert; Müller, Rolf; Paterson, Ian; Díaz, J. Fernando; Altmann, Karl-Heinz; Steinmetz, Michel O. (2018-05-29). "A fluorescence anisotropy assay to discover and characterize ligands targeting the maytansine site of tubulin". Nature Communications. 9 (1). Springer Science and Business Media LLC. doi:10.1038/s41467-018-04535-8. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 5974090.
- ^ a b Yu, T.-W.; Bai, L; Clade, D; Hoffmann, D; Toelzer, S; Trinh, KQ; Xu, J; Moss, SJ; Leistner, E (2002). "The biosynthetic gene cluster of the maytansinoid antitumor agent ansamitocin from Actinosynnemapretiosum". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 99 (12): 7968–7973. Bibcode:2002PNAS...99.7968Y. doi:10.1073/pnas.092697199. PMC 123004. PMID 12060743.
- ^ Lopus, M; Oroudjev, E; Wilson, L; Wilhelm, S; Widdison, W; Chari, R; Jordan, MA (2010). "Maytansine and cellular metabolites of antibody-maytansinoid conjugates strongly suppress microtubule dynamics by binding to microtubules". Mol Cancer Ther. 9 (10): 2689–99. doi:10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-10-0644. PMC 2954514. PMID 20937594.
- ^ Chari, RV; Martell, BA; Gross, JL; et al. (January 1992). "Immunoconjugates containing novel maytansinoids: promising anticancer drugs" (PDF). Cancer Res. 52 (1): 127–31. PMID 1727373.
- ^ "Kadcyla EPAR". European Medicines Agency (EMA). 17 September 2018.
- ^ "Drug Approval Package: ado-trastuzumab emtansine". U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). 22 February 2013. Archived from the original on 4 December 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2019.